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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What used to just be a 90ish minute writing test (11th grade World History DBQ - we would give a set of documents to analyze then answer a question), now takes about an entire week to teach for just a typical 5 paragraph essay. Every year we have to reteach how to write a thesis, how to structure a paragraph, etc. For some reason, students have to be retaught every year how to write. [/quote] In 11th grade? That's pathetic. My kids were regularly writing 5 paragraph essays starting in 4th/5th grade. By 11th, they were writing 5 page papers with citations. If public schools can't get the basics right, what is the point of the "education" they are offering?[/quote] Actually only 5 page papers is kinda pathetic too. [/quote]
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